U18 World League

Arena do Gigante
Spectators: 7692 (Terracing: 5770, Seating: 1769, VIP seats: 153) Jardel Souza charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Jardel Souza the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Jardel Souza kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Jeremias Pinheiro let the left foot speak when in front of goal in the 12th minute shot 1-0 at rihgt post. After a rather tough play, UFC Puturoasa's Sergiu Ramos got a free kick in the 17th minute. Anton Grimalschi acted impressively in front of the goal and made a superb save when he, in the 18th minute, took the ball on the long shot from Claudinei Botelho. Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jude Bellingham in the 20th minute of the match. Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by UFC Puturoasa's Emil Dobândã. But to his dismay, Emil Dobândã quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. The crowd rose to their feet as Jeremias Pinheiro kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Anton Grimalschi. That made the score 2-1 in the 25 minute of play. Ruslan Blanari fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho having to interfere. Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by UFC Puturoasa's Sergiu Ramos. But to his dismay, Sergiu Ramos quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. 37 minutes into the match, Emil Dobândã had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho. UPTEXTIL.COM's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Emil Dobândã was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. After a rather tough play, UPTEXTIL.COM's Jeremias Pinheiro got a free kick in the 43rd minute. In the 44th minute of the match Mircea Vulpe shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The UPTEXTIL.COM players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. UFC Puturoasa were winning 2-3.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jeremias Pinheiro to make the kick off. Anton Grimalschi showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diguinho Lucas, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. 55 minutes into the match, Sergiu Ramos dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho, 2-4. Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho was out of position in the 58 minute of play, and Emil Dobândã capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Emil Dobândã really showed his touch with that goal: 2-5. After some fancy dribbling in the 68th minute, Jeremias Pinheiro managed to get in a good position for a shot. UPTEXTIL.COM's supporters rose to their feet, but Jeremias Pinheiro was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Anton Grimalschi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 80th match minute, UPTEXTIL.COM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Baltazar Paraibano to maneuver through the defense. In the 82nd minute, Emil Dobândã ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-8. In the 85th minute Cristian Ronaldo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 86 minutes into the match, UPTEXTIL.COM's goalkeeper Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emil Dobândã. UPTEXTIL.COM's defense didn't have a chance, in the 88th minute, when Cristian Ronaldo scored to the left of an out of position Carlos Eduardo de Carvalho, making the score, 3-9. After 91 played minutes UFC Puturoasa got a freekick which was hit by Cristian Ronaldo. After 94 played minutes UPTEXTIL.COM got a freekick which was hit by Dinei Proença. The UPTEXTIL.COM fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. UFC Puturoasa were clearly better and deserved to take the win.